Machine for computingr wages



Feb. 15. 1927.

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Patente-d Feb. 15,1927.

" y En STATES Y. v.JOHN C. HRLEY, F NEWARK, 'NEW' JERSEY..

l jMIACIIINIEI FOB CO'MUTING'WAGES.

Application filed February i f Tliisinvention relatesitof an improvedmachine for computing lthe wages that are calculated from t-imes'otfarrival and departure :as stamped on a? workmans time card by thel'u'sualfform ottime clock.

It is iwell-known that in many places the .workmenleave and returnsometimes many .from the normal worlring hours. and when suchLsubtraction .of time is 'accomplished the ytotalfpay lfor th'etimeremaining7 that is, the timetor which wages :is to be paid is indiircated-andqalso thevtotal amount ot 'pay due the workmen for such.ytimes of employment. "'llhe'machme .compri-Sesia amovable member onwhich'is arranged in the form of a Y fer-ences between j per hour.

table, the hours v-oif yemployment within reacomplementary numbers.indicating the dii- 7th'e'el'apsed `time and the ulltime,:a"l`sothetotal rate of pay tor said ac'tual'workingztime at @various rates otpay The machine is preferably constructedl with an opening and concealspractica'ily Veverything except the information desired so that ftheamount ycan be quickly found.

" V,The machine is preferably constructed so lthat itzcan be rapidlymanipulated Vwhen desireYtl-lsofthat one endvof the Imovable member1isto5be displaced fto reveal matter at the ,otherl endythe fmembercanbe rapidly moved Yandy at'fthezvsame time :it-"is mounted so that it'can be jaccurately adiusted from an approximate' position. Theypreferred form .comprises .a strip or apro-nV secured .to two rollersthat are "parallel so that when it is V-umundup on 4'one Yit is unwoundfrom the other.

Theinvention is `illustrated in the accompanying Adrawings in whichFigure 1. is a top. View of a machineembodying my iny'vention Figure 2is a section Yon line 22 of iF-igu-rel. Figures and4 are top views of apartei' the .machine showing the readings when the apron isin variouspositions. 4l.igiirie"51is a ta-ce view of apart oi the apronorjstrip10, 1926. Serial'No. 87,210.

In' theinachine as illustratedin theadrawings I show` a base 10 with a.casing 11 on it, theitop 12 of the casing being usual1yinclined foreasy observation.. Vithin the casing are placed the movable member andmeans vtor manipulating it and l illustrate a strip or curtain 13 whichis moved Vback and forth to place what is to be vdisclosed under theopening 14 in the top of the casing.

rEhe means illustrated comprises `a. roller" 15 and a roller 1G to whichthe strip 13 is secured and which is rolled up onone roller and unwoundfrom the other according to the direction oi the rotation. The -roller15 is equipped with a handle 17 for its vnormal movement but rapidmovement can .be given by the gears 18 and 19, the-ilatter being thelarger and having the .handle 2O .for its manipulation. For reversemovement the spring 20 yis utilized as it is secured to the rod 21 whichalso acts as a brace for the casing and is also secured to the pulley'22- which is connected by a cord ,3 with the shaft 211 of the roller16. It will thus be seen that when thestrip is moved forward by thehandle 17 -and roller 15 the spring is wound up and when the rotation isreversed vthe spring .facts yto move the roller 16 and this movesthe-strip backward. The brake 25 has a handle 2G in a convenientposition to `allow the strip to run rapidly back when a remote part ofthe strip is desired for observation.

The casing has aliixed thereto ascale 2'? graduated in time values whichscale .is usually detachable and is changed `fto conform to the hours otdaily employment at the plant. In other .words it is sub-divided andindicates the duration ot the hours of employment per'day and thedrawing -shows a scale .of hours from 7:30 a. m. to 4:30 p. in. withthree-quarters ot an hour interval for lunch. This scale showsone-quarter hour as the minimum division and as-only quarter hours arereckoned the-scale of the afternoon begins at 1 on the scale as workstarts at 12:45. (See a.)

The ymachine as `it is illustrated relates to calculating the time ttorworkers paid 'from 71e to 80e, inclusive, per hour, and greater and lessrates of pay can be arranged above and below the rates shown. It themachine is made twice as wide', a shorter strip 13 can be used becausethe figures ot the scale on the strip 13 can be carried over to the lettto 61e an hour or 51e an hour instead ot placing them in longitudinalextension on the strip. vThe columns on the strip 13 that are'neXtadjacent to the scale 27 are arranged to show in the column 28sub-divisions ot time equal to the sub-divisions on the scale 27, inthis case 15 minutes running from zero up and in the next column shownat 29 the remainderl ot the weekly hours of employment.

That is, in the machine as illustrated, the time scale 27 showssub-divided duration ot the daily hours of employment, the column 29 onthe scale or strip 13 shows the weekly hours of employment, eachsucceedingI number being reduced by 15 minutes and the complementarynumber or the time taken out is opposite thereto in the scale 28. in thescale 30 is shown the cents per hour, the weekly wage of which is shownopposite the sub-division of hours in the scale 31, all these providinga convenient wage scale opposite the time scale on the movable meinber.In order to provide for a more convenient operation ot the machine Iarrange a pointer or an indicator 32 which has a handle 33, theindicator being usually in the form ot a fork so as to bracket the partsot` the scale over which it is placed, although a single thinunderlining pointer can be used. In operating the machine, the personcomputing the wages ot the men in the plant has the cards that have beenstamped by the time clock and as it is now done much'arithmetio must bedone, particularly when the scale of wages covers a wide field and wheremany employees leave the plant for short or long intervals.

With this present machine the stack ot cards is arranged in handyposition and, for example, we will assume that a card is that of aworkman making 80e an hour and working normally 48 hours a week. il? hiscard shows no time out, he, ot course, has worked 48 hours and a glanceat the slot in Figure 1 will show in column 29, 48 hours, in column 28,no time out and in column 31, $38.40 which is coming to him for hisweeks work. We will assume, however, that the card shows thathc came towork at 7 :30 a. in.; that he went out at 9:15a. m., that is. sometimebetween 9z0() and 9:15; eturned at 1:45 p. m. and worked for theremainder of: the day. In this case, the operator would move the pointer32 down to 9:15, when the workman went out.' Then, by means of thehandle 17, the strip could be moved so that the scale on the strip 13would proceed forward until the number opposite 1 :45 when he returns ismoved up to a position in alignnient with the indicator 32.

T his operation is shown in Figures 3 and 4, .in Figure 3 the pointerbeing moved down to 9 i on the scale 2T. This is when the workman wentout. lt will be noted by the operator then that 1 45 is aligned with 530 ou the scale 28. Then 5:30 is moved up to the pointer 32and at inFigure it we see at a glance at scale 28 that the workman has losthours. Scale 29 shows that he has,

therefore, worked 44% hours and at 80g/z an l hour t'or this time hisweeks wage is $35.40. The rest ot the scale shown at 32 comprisescolumns down to 71e per hour so that this workman` it his rate ot pay is79g@ an hour, would have wages ot $34.92 due him, as shown at c, or it'he was making 71e an hour he would have due him $31.42 as shown at (l.

lts another example suppose a worlnnau went to work at 7:30 and he lettat 9:15 and didnt return that day. The fork can be moved down as shownin Figure 3 to 9:15 and thcn'the number opposite the cloring hour 4:30which is 8:15 as shown at e in Figure 1 is then moved up to the pointer32 and it' this were done there would be noted at the top the visiblepart of the scale on the strip 13 6 :30 as the hours lost 41 :30 as thehours employed and $33.04 would appear at the head of column 31 as theweeks wage due to him.

Only a fragment of the strip 13 is shown in Figure 5, the strip usuallybeing printed to show rates ot pay from 1 to $1 or more an hour by thecolumns being raised, in series of tens. This arranging of the figuresabreast does not cause the use of a strip or apron ot undue length.

In using the machine it is usually set for cards ot a certain rate andif it were used, say, in a plant employing most of its hands at a rateof from 71e to 80 an hour, it would be seen from Figure 4 that the. rateof pay for a 'ull week is seen through the slit in the cover of thecasing, and when ydeductions are made on a card as described above, themachine is returned to the position shown in Figure 1 and readings madeacross on the strip until another card appears on which deduction mustbe made.

It the next batch ot cards is for apprentices or the like making, say,25 an hour, he brake 25 is released and the spring 2O carries the striprapidly back, the brake 25 is then applied when the approximate figureshave been arrived at and then, by the handles 17 or 2O the headings ofthe desired columns are brought under the slit in the cover, the apronbeing held up close .to the top, so as to be easily read, by the idleroller 33.

I claim:

1. In a calculating device, a frame with an opening` therein, a movablemember in the los v frame, a scale graduated in time values on the'frame, a pointer on their-ame adapted L for movement over said scale, atime scale on the movable vmember adapted to position a time graduationat the pointer adjacent a time vgraduation on the tiret scale, a wage`scale" on the movable member adjacent the j tlme scale thereon, meansto shift the movable member, whereby upon adjustment of a timegraduation on the movable member to atimev graduation on the lirstscale, at

the' pointer and a. further adjustment oit l:the movable member to aligna time graduation thereon` which is adjacent the time graduation on thelirst scale equal to the time 'graduation on j the movable memberinitially set to the pointer, the elapsed time between the timegraduations ou the lirst scale and movable member and a correspondingwage value, or a wage value equal to a standard Wage less the elapsedtime Wage value are presented at the opening in the frame r 2. In a.calculating'devica a frame with an opening therein. a movable member inthe form of a strip mounted on rollers Within the frame so as to haveits parts successively presented to view in the opening, a scalegraduated in time values on the frame, a pointer on the frame adapted.for movement over said-scale, a time scale on the movable member adaptedto position a time graduation at the pointer adjacent a time graduationon the first scale, a wage scale on the movable member adjacent the timescale thereon,

means to shift the movable member, whereby upon adjustment oi a timegraduation on the movable member to a time graduation on ther value arepresented at the opening in the` frame. o

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.-

JOHN C. HURLEY.`

